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"Just to Be Close to You" is a song by American R&B/funk band, Commodores, in 1976. Released from their album, Hot on the Tracks, it would become one of their biggest hits, spending two weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart and becoming their second Billboard Hot 100 top ten, peaking at number seven. [2]
Commodores, often billed as The Commodores, is an American funk and soul group. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University ) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972 ...
While with the Commodores, McClary wrote one of the group's early number one singles "Slippery When Wet". "Brick House"," "Too Hot ta Trot", and "I Feel Sanctified" are among the many songs McClary contributed to, along with the Commodores. He sang lead on "Sexy Lady" and "Ooo Woman You" (a duet with Melissa Manchester).
"Just to Be Close to You" (1976) "Slippery When Wet" is a 1975 single by American band the Commodores. The song was written by lead guitarist, Thomas McClary.
The Commodores also reached the top 10 no fewer than five times in the US with hit albums ... Love Songs: Released: 6 August 1982 ... "Just to Be Close to You" 7 ...
Hot on the Tracks is the fourth studio album by the Commodores, released by Motown Records in 1976. It includes the Top Ten pop single "Just to Be Close to You". The album was the band's first #1 album on the R&B albums chart.
Commodores is the fifth studio album by the Commodores, released in 1977. The album spent eight weeks at the top of the R&B/soul albums chart, the second of their albums to do so, and was their first Top 5 pop album. There is also a previously released extended version.
William King (born January 30, 1949) [1] is an American singer, musician and choreographer. He is a founding member of the Commodores , where he plays trumpet , guitar , synthesizer , flute , and congas / percussion and is the group's choreographer.